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Health And Safety Flashcards

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Explain you understanding of the HSE?

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Health and safety executive

UK regulator for health and safety in the workplace

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What is the considerate constructors scheme?

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Organisation which promotes a code of practice

Code of practice includes respecting the community, caring for the environment and valuing workforce

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What kinds of incidents are the causation of most deaths in construction?

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Moving vehicles
Falling from height

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What is the biggest cause of long term health issues in the construction industry?

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Asbestos and respiratory illness
Incorrect practice and musculoskeletal injury

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What is the Beaufort scale used for?

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To measure wind speed

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What would you do if you find an injured person on site?

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  • make sure they are safe
  • alert the site manager
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What is the health and safety at work act 1974?

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Primary UK legislation which legislates health and safety

Places obligations on employer and employees

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What are the main principles of the health and safety at work act?

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Provide a safe place of work
Provide safe equipment
Ensure staff are properly trained
Carry out risk assessments
Provide proper facilities
Appoint competent person to oversee health and safety

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9
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What are management of health and safety at work regulations 1999?

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Regulation set out to manage health and safety by using risk assessments

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What are the key implications of the updates to CDM-2023 regulations?

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  • New roles (accountable person for high rise buildings)
  • New duties for duty holders (plan, manage and monitor their activities in relation to the building regulations)
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Who are the duty holders under CDM?

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  • Client
  • Principal designer
  • Designer
  • Principal contractor
  • Contractor
  • Workers
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What is a commercial client under CDM?

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Clients who’s project is carried out for business

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What are the main duties of a commercial client under CDM?

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  • Provide sufficient time and resource for each stage
  • Provide relevant information to other duty holders
  • Make sure principal designer and contractor are appointed
  • Welfare facilities are provided during construction
  • Provide pre-construction information to every designer and contractor
  • Ensure principal designer completes a health and safety file for the project
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What is a domestic client under CDM?

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People who have construction carried out in their own home

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What duties does a domestic client have under CDM?

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  • Their responsibility is usually transferred to a contractor or principal contractor
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Who are designers under CDM regs?

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Any organisation who prepares or modifies the design for construction work

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What duties does a designer have under CDM?

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  • Make sure the client is aware of their duties under CDM
  • Take into account the pre-construction information
  • Control or eliminate risks
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Who is the principal designer under CDM regs?

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An appointed organisation who take control of the pre-construction phase

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What duties does a principal designer have under CDM regs?

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  • Must plan, manage and coordinate health and safety during pre-construction
  • Work with other designers to eliminate or manage risks
  • Liase with principal contractor
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Who is the principal contractor under CDM?

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An appointed organisation who controls the construction phase in relation to health and safety

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What duties does a principal contractor have under CDM?

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  • Plan, manage and coordinate health and safety in construction phase
  • Prepare a written construction phase plan
  • Ensure suitable welfare facilities
  • ensure all new works have site inductions
  • Prevent unauthorised access to site
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Who are contractors under CDM regs?

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Anyone who employes or engages construction worker

Sub contractors, self employed workers

23
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What duties does a contractor have under CDM regs?

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Make sure the client is aware of their duties under CDM
Plan, manage and monitor all work
Check workers have relevant skills
Make sure works have site inductions
Ensure welfare facilities

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Who are workers under the CDM regs?

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Anyone working under the contractor

25
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What role does a worker have under CDM?

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Ensure they have relevant skills
Make themselves aware of health and safety risks
Follow site rules and procedures
Report risks to health and safety

26
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What is a construction phase plan?

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A document prepared by the principal contractor who plans and organises construction works

Includes
- start and finish
- build stages
- identify risks and management
- establish site rules

27
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What is a F10 form?

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A notification to the health and safety executive

28
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When is a project notifiable?

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1) longer than 30 days and more than 20 people

2) exceeds 500 person days

29
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Who is responsible for notifying a project under CDM?

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The client

30
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How do you notify a project?

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1) Online form
2) Post

31
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What duty do you have under CDM?

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Designer

  • Manage risk through design stage
  • Review and consider the PCI document
32
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Can you explain what RIDDOR is?

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Reporting of Injury, Diseases or Dangerous Occurrences Regulations

A law which requires employers or other people in charge of a work place to report and keep records of accidents

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What

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34
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Can you explain your understanding of COSHH regulations?

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Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health

Requirement for risk assessment when using hazardous substances

35
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What is your understanding of ‘Surveying Safely’?

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A guidance document published by the RICS to promote good practice principles for the management of health and safety for regulated firms and members of

36
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What is included in the Surveying Safely document?

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37
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What is the safe person concept?

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A concept set out in the surveying safely document

Requires firms to:
- have adequate training
- provide health and safety related information
- provide equipment

Requires members to:
- be vigilant to risks
- be an effective team member
- be competent in their performance

38
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What is included within a risk assessment?

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  • Risks
  • Their likelihood
  • Their severity
39
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What risks are there when you go to site?

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  • Exposure to noise and vibration
  • Exposure to toxic and hazardous material
  • Lone working
  • Driving for long periods
  • Working close to vehicles
40
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How would you carry out a risk assessment?

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  • Identify hazards
  • See who may be harmed
  • Evaluate severity and seriousness of risk
41
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What is asbestos?

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A rock mineral that has heat and fire properties

42
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Where might asbestos be found?

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  • Pipework lagging
  • Partition walls
  • Boiler flue
43
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What is the risk of exposed asbestos?

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Lung related disorders

44
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How would you identify asbestos?

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Surveys

Asbestos survey to identify asbestos containing materials

45
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What would you do if you found asbestos containing materials on site?

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Alert the principal contractor

46
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What other hazardous substances would you come into contact with?

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  • Solvents
  • Exhaust fumes
  • Paint dust
47
Q

What do you do before visiting site?

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  • Carry out inspection of the site and surveys
  • Have PPE
  • Have a site induction
  • Consider travel arrangements
  • Have regular check in for line working
  • Consider taking someone else on site for long travel
  • Familiarise myself with site rules
48
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When you were last on site, what considerations did you take for your own health and safety?

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  • PPE
  • Plan travel arrangements
  • Risk assessment
  • Adhere to site rules
  • Sign in
49
Q

What does RAMS stand for?

A

Risk
Assessment
Method
Statement

50
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What’s is a method statement?

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A statement which defines how you will control your risks

51
Q

What do you do if you find asbestos on site?

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Stop immediately
Report to site manager

52
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What regulations are applicable to asbestos?

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Control of Asbestos regulations

53
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What different surveys are you familiar with to identify asbestos?

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Asbestos management survey
Refurbishment and demolition survey

54
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When is an employer required to have a written health and safety policy?

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If they have more than 5 employees

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